Homilist Nahum 1:15 Behold on the mountains the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace! O Judah, keep your solemn feasts… I. PEACE PROCLAIMED. Glorious to the ears of the men of Jerusalem must have been the intelligence that their great enemy was destroyed, that the Assyrian hosts were crushed, and now peace had come. A proclamation of national peace is "good tidings." But the proclamation of moral peace is still more delightful. "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! " (Romans 10:15). "My peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth give I unto you." II. WORSHIP ENJOINED. "O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows." "During the Assyrian invasion the inhabitants of Judah were cut off from all access to the metropolis; now they would be at liberty to proceed thither as usual in order to observe their religious rites, and they are here commanded to do so." 1. War disturbs religious observances. As peace in nature is the time to cultivate your ground and sow your seed, peace in the nation is the time to promote growth m religion and virtue. 2. In war men are disposed to make religious vows. III. ENEMIES VANQUISHED. For the wicked shall no more pass through them; he is utterly cut off." (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. |
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